Conversations About Creativity and Chronic Illness II: Textile Artists Coping with Long-Term Health Problems Reflect on the Creative Process

Reynolds, Frances

doi:10.1207/s15326934crj1601_8

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“…This matches Reynolds' (1997Reynolds' ( , 2004aReynolds' ( , 2004b and Gianakis and Carey's (2011) conception that there is a self-healing tendency in those who engage with art. Participants' change correlated with maintaining a sense of their own identity, enhanced relationships with others, and changes in their art styles.…”

Section: Art-making and Changesupporting

confidence: 75%

“…IPA has already been used extensively in both art therapy and PCT studies, which supports its use here (e.g., Bird, Mansell, & Tai, 2009;Gianakis & Carey, 2011;Higginson & Mansell, 2008;Reynolds, 1997Reynolds, , 2002Reynolds, , 2003Reynolds, , 2004aReynolds, , 2004b.…”

Section: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysissupporting

confidence: 67%

“…Finally, a separate field describes occupation involving art and its beneficial effects on healing without therapy (Laliberte-Rudman, 2002;Reynolds, 1997Reynolds, , 2002Reynolds, , 2003Reynolds, , 2004aReynolds, , 2004b. In her studies, Reynolds researched how textile art-making beneficially affected women with chronic illness (Reynolds, 1997).…”

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Exploring the Role of Art-Making in Recovery, Change, and Self-Understanding---An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Interviews with Everyday Creative People

Stevenson-Taylor¹,

Mansell²

2012

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Section: Art-making and Changesupporting

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Exploring the Role of Art-Making in Recovery, Change, and Self-Understanding---An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Interviews with Everyday Creative People

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Mansell²

2012

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“…A second study followed, based on in-depth interviews with 30 women and a further 5 written accounts (17)(18)(19)(20)(21). The participants reflected on how creative activity helped them to manage the adversities of illness.…”

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“…Such connections with the natural world were valued especially by those who had mobility problems. Participants also described many other sources of inspiration for their artwork, including architecture, museums, fantasy, geometric patterns and previous artists' work (21). Some had found that they could express their professional interests, familiar identities, and specialist knowledge in their artwork, thus preserving their self-image.…”

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Textile Art Promoting Well‐being in Long‐term Illness: Some General and Specific Influences

Reynolds¹

2004

Journal of Occupational Science

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Abstract:The paper reviews previous research into the meanings of textile art-making for people living with long-term illness. Qualitative accounts of the creative process suggest that textile art-making is a multi-dimensional experience. Some practitioners regard textile artwork as a means of coping with discomfort and other symptoms. For a minority, it enables expressions of anxiety and feelings about loss. Nevertheless, participants place more emphasis on the role of textile art-making in rebuilding a satisfactory identity, and restoring autonomy and quality to life. It fills occupational voids following early retirement, and enables social contacts. Textile artwork also stimulates learning and personal development. It remains possible that any creative occupation delivers such benefits. The paper analyses qualitative accounts from seven participants to identify whether textile art-making has any distinctive experiential qualities. As a creative occupation, it seems to be quite distinctive in being readily accessible even to those who do not consider themselves as artistic. Modern textile art embraces diverse techniques and forms, and practitioners' choice and autonomy are enhanced by having several different projects in process at once. It accepts the use of assistive technology, thereby enabling people with a variety of physical impairments to produce 'mainstream' art. It draws upon rich social traditions, facilitating social contact. Many forms of textile art-making are highly time-consuming, fostering a future orientation, and the creative process is often socially visible within the home, with positive consequences for self-image. This study is exploratory. Further enquiry into the distinctive influences of different creative occupations upon well-being is recommended.

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The Importance of Being Human

Chandler

2020

Innovation, Social Networks, and Service Ecosystems

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Conversations About Creativity and Chronic Illness II: Textile Artists Coping with Long-Term Health Problems Reflect on the Creative Process

Abstract: Abstract:This qualitative study explored the inspirations and influences that shape the creative process and artwork of a group of women with long-term illness. Most were nonprofessional artists. Almost all had taken courses in at least one form of textile art,

Cited by 30 publications

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Exploring the Role of Art-Making in Recovery, Change, and Self-Understanding---An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Interviews with Everyday Creative People

Exploring the Role of Art-Making in Recovery, Change, and Self-Understanding---An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Interviews with Everyday Creative People

Textile Art Promoting Well‐being in Long‐term Illness: Some General and Specific Influences

The Importance of Being Human

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